Leon Russell - Love Minus Zero/No Limit lyrics

My love, she speaks like silence Without ideals or violence She doesn't have to say she's faithful But she's true, like ice, or fire People carry roses Make promises by the hours My love, she laughs like the flowers Valentines can't buy her In the dime stores and bus stations People talk over situations Read books, and repeat quotations Draw conclusions on the wall Some speak of the future My love, she speaks softly Knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all Cloak and dagger dangles Madams light the candles In ceremonies of the horsemen Even a pawn must hold a grudge Statues made of matchsticks Crumble into one another My love winks, she doesn't bother She knows too much to argue or to judge The bridge at midnight trembles The country doctor rambles Bankers' nieces seek perfection Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring The wind howls like a hammer The night blows cold and rainy My love, she's like some raven At my window with a broken wing